hudebnik | casting

My pourpoint is down several buttons, and we still have a bunch of lapis to glue to the buttons, but only one un-bejeweled button. So D. suggested casting some more in pewter, mail-ordered some casting compound, and we watched a couple of YouTube videos on how to do this. Last night I built a 2"x3" MDF mold box, filled the bottom third of it with plasticine, embedded the remaining button in the clay, and poured the first half of a two-part mold. After it's cured tonight, I plan to open the box, pull out the chunk of clay and plastic, flip it over, remove the clay, put it back into the box, and pour the other half of the mold. Although it might need to be a three-part mold, with a secondary split along the loop in back. Anyway, once the mold is done, we'll try filling the mold with pewter and make some more buttons. Pictures eventually.